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THE FOllT GAINES SENTINEL.
!05HUA JONES, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME IV.
Mill IS ISSUED
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f>I A .’I r. R j It N' ElACLATION (.0M-
MISSION AT HAVANA.
PFOPi i LL F TO 1J RF Dw fiRnPRI wuoLl.Ll Y
Address Sets Forth the Evacuation Agree¬
ment and Insists That Its Terms lie
Strictly Carried Out.
Tho American evacuation eouimis-
sioners in Havana issued the follow-
iug proclamation Tuesday to the in-
habitants of the island of Cuba:
“The undersigned commissioners,
on the part of the United States, kav-
iug been invested with power by the
president to arrange for and execute
the evacuation of Cube- and adjacent
islands, and also taking, over tire ,mb-
lie property of Spain, have entered in-
to an agreement with the commission-
ers on the part of legislations Spaiu for the final
ceremonies and to be ob-
served and carried out on the first day
of January, and thereafter until Span-
ish troops shall have embarked for ro-
patriation and the same is published
for the guidance of the inhabitants and
others outside of the Santiago district.
“The undersigned desire in this
public manner to impress and enjoin
upon all the people of the island the
necessity for strict compliance with
the terms of this agreement to the end
that public order and due respect for
vailNml the gravity of the occasion may pre-
especially to admonish all
classes of people to exercise self-re-
straint and moderation and refrain
from giving cause of offense or irrita-
tion and from the exhibition of excite-
ment, undue manifestation of feeling,
or from doing any net calculated to
produce irritation or bad feeling.
“For nearly four months this com-
missiou and other officials of the
united States have been under tho
protection of Spanish authority. They
have extended to us the most scrupu¬
lous courtesy and consideration, and
not one unpleasant incident has marred
our sojourn in their midst, and nov r
that our positions are soon to be re¬
versed and they are to become our
guests and entitled to our protection,
we must see to it that they enjoy the
same immunity and consideration.
Apart from the eminent propriety of
such a course, the best interests of
all classes—Cubans, Spaniards and
Americans—will be thereby subserved.
Offenders Will I*« Punished.
“Acting under a sense government,' of duty to
the people notice and our of’the we
give that any violation
terms and provisions of this
will be resented and offenders brought
promptly to justice. Representing
classes and interests, we shall be
erned by the strictest impartiality
with the sole purpose of promoting
the rehabilitation and pacification of
Cuba. The preservation of peace, the
securilv to persons and to property
and the establishment and
nance of government with just laws
impartially administered are indispen-
sable to the welfare and happiness of
people. We, therefore, confidently
invoke the aid and co-operation of tho
iuhabitants in accomplishing these
ends.”
VAULT DOORS WERE (/PEN.
Mysterious Bank Robbery In Lima, Ohio,
sso.ooo Was Missing.
Tliere was a mysterious robbery at
the American National bank in Eitna,
'S, *S£L?$kml, wm
morni^r™
when it was found that all gold and
paper money in the bank had been
carried away, although the racks of
silver money were untouched.
REFERRED TO GRIGGS.
Attorney General Will Decide Captain
Oberlln Carter’s Fate.
The president has again sent the
papers in the case of Captain O. M.
Carter, the army engineer convicted
by courtmartial of embezzlement, to
tho attorney general for an opinion as
to the regularity of tbe proceedings,
thus postponing final action indefi-
nitely. It has been stated that the
attorney general will not be able to
give the matter his attention Iqr some
time.
THE MTU. OF THE\PEOPTE IS THE Sl'PliEME L A H'.
rolil < VINES. GA.. Fill PAY, PEC EM HEJi ,10, ISPS.
WILL RELEASE FIFTY REGIMENTS.
mustering Out Plans Agreed Upon By
President and Cabinet.
A Washington special says: The
secretary of war and adjutant general
have not determined upon any of the
regiments to be mustered out under
the new order adopted by the presi-
dent and cabinet Wednesday to dis-
cbar S® 5b volunteer regiments, now in
the service, except that the volunteers
now in Manila and ordered home will
head the list.
Adjutant General Corbin stated
Thursday morning that the work of
mustering out would be very carefully
considered, and that there would be a
combing out of the regiments rather
a general discharge of volunteers
in certain camps. Those ordered to
Cuba, Manila and Porto Rico would
uo * ; bave their orders changed, but
wollld 1,e Be “|'. to tbes « P la<, «" as 80011
^ transporta ion could be .had.
ibe war department has already
. been ^ requests for d
overr un
cba r & es and _ mustering . out of certain
regiments . but these have all been
P laLed oa llu a '“ 1 " l11 be takon U B 111
0101 '
One reason for , the ,, order . to muster ,
on 8llch ? numb f of volunteers
* 8 _* ba ‘ lfc wlU 8ave tlle government
’° } ,x m ? lltb 111 P ay a oue ;
other jeason is that by reducing the
“f.® ?* tb ® array he 1111 ,ta '7
v e C n 'P 0SU ° a >ou ’ '
w.th ., 1 sufficient force to
^en Ornish garrison for Cuba, necessary Porto E cu,
tbe Philippines and the United States
General Oo f bin 8aid tbat be f lrd
„ ^orgta ivoaM sot be mustered out,
Vi ° uld most certainly go to Neu-
7' as °«8 l “ al y orde V ed as 80011 aa
transports could be furnishe d them.
SWORD PRESENTED SCHLEY.
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T,,e Scabbard and Belt Cost the
Sum of s-i.coo.
At Philadelphia Thursday Rear Ad-
Schley was the recipient of a
liandscme and costly sword, scab-
bard aud belt, presented to him in be-
half of the people of tho city aud oth¬
er citizens in Pennsylvania, New .Ter-
sey and Delaware, who contributed to
a fund established for tho purpose,
Tkere was a largo and enthusiastic
audience present and speeches were
made by Governor Hastings and
or Warwick on behalf of the state aud
city.
The admiral in accepting the gift,
thanked the people and said:
< i Let me hope with you that in God’s
providence it may never be drawn
without reason, but if it ever should
be so willed that it must be, it will
never be sheathed except in your
greater honor.”
^ be swor< l. scabbard and belt rep-
reSen * a cost 0 f 84,200. The blade is
of fine -Damascus steel, appropriately
en graved, and the hilt is elaborately
d ee orated with diamonds and other
P rec i° us stones._____
B Y NO ” LET WINE SEIZED.
_
New England Society in Charleston placed
in Bad uiieiit.
State Dispensary constables seized
tho fine stock of wines imported to
Charleston, S. C., for the annual ban-
quet of the New England society,
which was given Thursday night.
When the stock was seized the Rev.
Dr. Edder, president of the society.
appealed to the constables to surren-
der it, but his request was refused,
The situation began to look seiious.
Senator McLauriu, who delivered
an address at the banquet, was seen
and asked to USe his influence to
back the liquors. He sent a
telegram litex to toYnake Governor Ellerbe and deiiv- ad-
vised the constable
“ xSSrtwW;.
allerwartlfl . Ufrm
XST Sh^r o'”
BIRD PREVENTS DISASTER.
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Rati AVas Tied Across the Track intended
to Wreck Fast Train.
The northbound passenger train on
the Internation and Great Northern
railroad narrowly missed a serious
wre-k forty nines below Austin, ; ex.,
through the intervention of a bird.
Some miscreant had tied a rail se-
enrely across the track. Just a few
m n e3 before reaching the spot a bird,
blinded by the headlight, flew against
the glass, breaking it and extinguish-
i Q g the light. This necessitated run-
ning slowly to the next station.
The train proceeding with greatly
reduced speed struck the obstruction,
tearing up ths track and damaging
the engine, but no one was injured,
lUOl I HAS I Illl |
OVR PEACE COMMISSIONERS AR¬
RIVE SAFELY AT HOME.
SOME COMMENTS BY MEMBERS
Party Funded at New York and Started
Immediately for Washington.
Judge Day in Canton.
Judge William R. Day, Senator C.
K. Davis, Senator George Gray, Sen¬
ator W. P. Frye and Whitelaw Reid • i
the United States commissioners to
arrange a peace treaty with Spain,
reached New York Saturday on board
tbo Btearaer St . Louis .
Holdi that the v „] e governing I
tlieir diplomatic mission is still in i
forCe> „ one of tll0 geu t!emen named
would speak at length regarding tho
work at Paris. They took the first
trnin to Washiugton , carrying
treat / of w ith them. J. Bassett
Moo 6f 8ecretary am i consul of tho
commission, and Arthur W. Ferguson,
trauslatori were w itl« the com mis-
loners.
Mr. Reid said he and his fellowcom-
missioners were very discuss glad to get hack,
but t , could not the treaty,
« Wc aro inR to Washington by ihe
first train we can get,” he said, “and
Bhall t imra ediately to tbe prosi-
dent> ]t wa8 und erstood among us
that we should say "when nothing about our
officinI business we arrived.
When the treaty was signed it became
an otficial document, and it must be
left for the senate of the United Btutes
aud the president to decide what shall
be done with it.”
Mr. Reid would not discuss the pub¬
lic translation of what purported to be
the text of the treaty, nor would be
say anything about Montero Rios’ re¬
cent, criticism of tho examination,
“As a newspaper man, I should like
to talk,” ho said, “but as I am a pub-
lie official, I cannot.”
Senator Gray, the only democrat on
the commission, was told of W. J.
Bryan’s recently declared attitude on
the question of expansion.
i t Um,” said the senator, “I am not
on to Colonel Bryan’s curves yet.”
The senator admitted that lie had
an opinion concerning the expansion
question.
“I have no doubt,” said lie, “that
there is sober, thoughtful opinion in
this country against expansion—there
must be. The treaty merely gives us
control of the situation; we can do as
we please. Wo can keep tho Philip-
pines or not, as may be determined in
the future.
Senator I rye said:
“At the opening of the session in
Paris tho Spaniards first wanted us to
get out of the United States. That we
refused to do. Then came a squabble
a^out the Cuban debt. We were not
i n °Bned to pay that, and after a hard
^'t of day* and days our opponents
Anally yielded to our claims and sign-
e< | t Te ' treaty, ratified which by I have no doubt
)e congress.
Treaty Delivered to rro.ident.
The commission arrived in Wnsk-
ington Saturday night and immediate-
ly delivered the treaty to President
McKinley.
Juil.gr* Day In Canton.
Judge Day and Mrs. Day left YYash-
ington Saturday home" night aud reached
their Canton in time to take
Christmas dinner with the family.
‘ I* 'tTy. «1*» ask,*. „ l hi,
a Jrf uemLr lvL hAme V xr!wY.,ik.! entering K the l ’L !*
ot 1 resident . l Jiinley. 'ri i he w >rK of
the commission err ed when he trea y
wa 8 delivered to the president, aud he
does not expect to visit Washington
again in connection with any duties of
La s Y1i !...1
»mue ne mmeu f freely rpf ,i v r m ,„ m#n many .
matters connected with his work in
Bans, Judge Day did not feel at lib-
erfy to give an interview in detail on
the work of the commission. He said
Dm talk of $100,000 compensation for
the commissioners, or of any sum ap-
proaching that amount, was ridiculous
and preposterous. I he president fixes
compensation of the commission-
and none of them, it is safe to sav,
accepted the duties as a speculation,
SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM.
BRY.1N WELCOMED HOME.
Colonel malic* a Speech In Opposition to
expansion.
Colonel W. ,T. Bryan returned to
Lincoln, Neb., Friday afternoon and
was tendered a reception at the Oliver
theater in the evening by tho Woman’s
Bimetallic League.
The house was crowded and Colonel
Bryan received an ovation. He was
introduced by Governor Holcomb,
who formally welcomed him home and
complimented him for his patriotism
in enlisting in the army.
After thanking his neighbors for
their cordial welcome and compliment¬
ing the members of regiment and Col¬
onel Vifquain, in whose charge he left
them, ho justified his resignation as
follows:
( ( I bad five months of peace in tho
army, and resigned in order to take
part in a fight, f am as much Jnter-
ested in tho people of the United
States as I am in the people of Cuba,
aud unless I am mistaken in judging,
we are called upon to meet more im¬
portant problems in the United States
just now than will confront our army
in Cuba.
“Some of these problems were un¬
der discussion before hostilities be¬
gan, others have been thrust upon us
ns a result of the war. Let me im¬
prove this, my first opportunity, to as¬
sure you that my zeal for the reforms
advocated a few months ago has not
in the least abated. Vita) questions
cannot be killed or burled.
The American people have not ac¬
cepted the gold standard as final. It
lias wrought more injustice in our
country during the last twenty-five
years than Bpain has wrought in nil
colonies, and opposition to it will
grow until tho gold and silver coinage
of tho constitution is fully restored.
The trusts which now flourish in de¬
fiance of law are not more merciloss
than the Weyler was, and tho new trust-—
paper money trust, which is seek¬
ing to obtain control of ail the paper
money of tho nation—is a greater
menace to the country’s J welfare than
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any oicign oc.
There arc, however, two new qnes-
tious which demand immediate atten
tion, because congress is asked to act
upon them at once. Tho president
recommends that the regular army bo
permanently ... increased , to . ,,,,, 100,000 , ww , man.
lliia quest ion must met now oi
not at all.”
Taking up the subject of imperial-
lsm, Mr. Bryan said that the president
has misinterpreted the sentiment of
the people. J hey are opposed to
giving tiiey the Philippines back to Spain,
but have not as yet declared in
favor of embarking upon a colonial
policy. So great a change, lie said,
could not be undertaken without more
investigation and deliberation than
tho people had yet given to the subject.
The principal part of Mr. Bryan’s
speech was devoted to the Philippine
question.
TO SEIZE WAKE ISLAND.
Win Be Used As a Cable Station To Con¬
nect. Philippines With Hawaii.
A Washington dispatch says: I lie
government has determined to limst
the flag o.cr an is.and nr out m to
1 acttic ocean and orders have >eon
sent out to the commander of tho Len-
u i tig ton, Captain Taussig, to proceed
at once to take possession in the name
()f tho United Btutes government, of
Wake island, three miles long and ly-
ing in latitude 19, north; longitude
lGfi, east. It is distant about 2,000
miles from the Hawaiian island and
1,300 miles east from Guam. It is al-
most in a direct line between these
possessions of the United Slates and
’ ' sta-
i as a
Hawaii a„d «»
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Sasrasta’s Ilinr** Ha. Brought a Halt t„
tha Political Crisis.
\ Madrid special says: Senor Sa-
gft <q u ’ 8 illness has brought to a stand-
still the political crisis and the nego-
tiatiol)S for the reorganization of the
liberal parly.
j^j liberal publishes an interview
with W eyler, in the course of which
he is represented as declining to give
information regarding the crisis,
hut BS insisting upon the necessity
{i r & fitroag government. Huch a gov-
ernmen t cou j d no t, he eaid, be drawn
from a party )ed } , y Sea or Silvela.
General \Yeyler hinted that the conn-
f ry amuld run great risks unless
power were p} aced j tl the hands of a
coalition government.
M MEEK ,V>
SI K>ri IE Sii lo.
(i l.()R(! [A —1 Jiiiy Centy/
Will li» sold before t In 1 court house door
in tlii> town of Fort dailies, flay county, on
first local Tuesday hours in January, |8!>‘), within the
ot sale, at public outcry, the
billowing land No. described property, to wit: Lot of
71>in fifth district of (lav county,
(la., known as the \V. T. dreene place, con
tabling Also Jot) acres more or Jess.
all that part of lot of land No. 1(> in e
tilth district, said county and state, lying
west of (Vonokee c ‘oek. lots of land num
hers 17 and 77> and ot! acres olTthe southeast
corner of lot No. 74. nil in fifth district said
county and slate, said tract being known as
the dray place and containing 050 acres,
more or less,
Also the southeast corner of lot of land
No, 84 in tilth district, mid county and
state, Also containing JO acres more or less
that ccitain storehouse and lot now
occupied by said IF. T. die n<> in BlufTton,
(’lay county, lie., said lot being known in
the plan of said town ;is 1 t letter E. having
a trout of lo.i lee) on Church street, and
ly running hack along the Cuthbortand Blake
road 77> feet.
Also that certain lot of land known in the
lilan of the town of BluiTion, Clav county,
da. as lots No. 2!) and lit), containing Jour
acics, more or Broad less, being situated on the
west side of street.
Also the dwelling house am] lot of said
U . T. Greene in Bllifl’toii. Clav <• unity,
da , said lot being known in the plan of
said town of BluITtou as lots Nos. 21! and 24
and containg live acres, mere or less.
Levied on and to he sold as the properl v
of W T. dreene under ami by virtue of a
mortgage li fa issued from the Superior
court of said county in favor of U, Rl. Com-
(fraud E. T. Comer, surviving partners of
11. M. ( omer & ( o.
Also at the same time and place all of lol
of land No 84 in fifth hi trio , (.lay eon t .
da., excepting lot. 2d mi leu oil the southeas'
corner of said Said parcel of land con
tinning 217 acres, more or less. L ivied on
and to he sold as the property of II. Rl.
dreene under and by virtue ol a mortgigo
li fa issued from the Superior court of said
county in favor of l(. M. Comer & (Jo.
This D c mber 8, 1898.
E. L. PETERSON, Sln riT.
Kluu’i iV'ss Sn.Ji *.
IJEOI.IHA—Clay Will Co ;nty:
be sold on the first Timid ly in Jan¬
uary next, within the legal Lours of sale, at
the court house door in said county, for
cash, the following deesribed property
to-wit :
r tlty acres ot ,, land, , lot , . number , two , hiin- ,
died and tluv e. Im iug tin* mrtlivvist fouitli
of s:iil | ] <)t , ] y i, lg niM J ; tJ tho fifth dis-
tiict of (Jay county, state of U.-orgia, and
lx undi d on the ninth and vet by otiginal
land lines of si. id lot, on tho erst ly kinds
ow “? 1 »'■'> occupied by Mrs. Juno Bed, and
on tl.oBOi.ti bv the lluitloid road loading
fl , lin (Ju;iu . 8 to M(
Said j>n>j <‘rty luviud on as the: property of
Emma E. Bell to satisfy an execution is-
sued from 11n> Superior (oun of May coun-
U lav«.r «.1‘ the Equitable Mortgage Com
( any against said Ernma E. Bell, This 8th
E. L. PETERSON. Sheriff.
SI 1 < ■ 1 *i II ’s S; t 1 < •.
G E( )R( > IA. Clay County.
Will ho sold on the first Tuesday in Jan¬
uary next, liefuie the court house do >r in
Port Gaines, said stale and county, between
the legal hours of sale,to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described property,
to wit:
Ail tbat part of town lot ji i the towrt of
Fort Gaines, said state and county, known
as lot No. 50, beginning at the southeast,
corner and running of Mrs. vV, M. along Speight's store house
east Commerce street
seventyeight, feet, t liellC“ north 105 feet, to
lot No. 55; thence west seventy-eight feet;
thence south 105 feet; on which is located
four stores.
Levied on and to be Hold as the property
of Mrs li. M. Kutlive under and by virtue
of a mortgage foreclosure granted by the
Superior court of Clay county in favor of
the Southern Home Building and Loan Ah
sociation against Mrs. II. Sutlive. '1 hi- 8th
j;'’n ,
p]' PETERSON, Sheriff.
HOBSON TO JOIN DEWEY.
«•*«• Kn, m s»„ era,,, isco KoHowC By
Cheer* fro... «r«»t ..luititurto.
vZZFnSS*
‘to
preparing for service under the United
States flag the vessel of Admiral Mon-
tejo which suffered so severely under
the attack of Admiral Dewey’s squad-
ron.
An immense crowd was at tho dock
tu witness his departure. His carriage
had great difficulty in getting through
thrones of nc nle who sirnnlv would
aot let him J nass in uuiet Cheers upon
( . he ,. rH w „ r ,, ivf , n )jjm !UJ ,1 he was
comt Vords .m led ut „ e veral noints to sav a
fevv to the neonle
OUR ADVERTISING RATES ARB
EXTREMELY LOW , AND ARE A
GREAT INDUCEMENT FOIt DTJSI-
NESS MEN TO PATRONIZE OUR COL¬
UMNS. TRY UH
